Land-use change — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre by country
Land-use change — Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
84
Highest
0.0013 kt per square kilometre
Indonesia
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
Cayman Islands
Median
0 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,583
What the numbers show
Land-use change — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 0.0013 kt per square kilometre in Indonesia; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Cayman Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0 kt per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 712.1%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 100.0%).
Land-use change — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 3 | Zambia | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.6% | rising |
| 4 | Myanmar | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 5 | Laos | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 119.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Nepal | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Angola | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 8 | Cambodia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.4% | flat |
| 9 | Honduras | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Belize | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Mozambique | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.5% | rising |
| 12 | Thailand | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.1% | falling |
| 13 | Nicaragua | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 261.2% | volatile |
| 14 | South Sudan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 15 | Malaysia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Malawi | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.8% | rising |
| 18 | Bahamas | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Cameroon | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Brazil | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 202.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Cuba | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Guatemala | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Congo | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 24 | Liberia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Madagascar | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 26 | Chad | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.4% | flat |
| 27 | East Timor | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Vietnam | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Nigeria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Sierra Leone | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Paraguay | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 33 | India | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Mexico | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Fiji | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Guinea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Togo | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 305.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Ghana | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Colombia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Gabon | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 43 | Senegal | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Benin | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Guyana | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 134.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Peru | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Panama | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 282.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Philippines | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Suriname | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 712.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Uganda | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Brunei | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Argentina | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Bhutan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 56 | New Caledonia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Australia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 59 | El Salvador | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Ecuador | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 62 | South Africa | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Sudan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 64 | United States | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 492.6% | volatile |
| 65 | China | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 66 | Mali | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Gambia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Samoa | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Comoros | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Vanuatu | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Burundi | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Grenada | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Haiti | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Jamaica | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Kenya | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | French Polynesia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Singapore | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Cayman Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Land-use change — Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Land-use change — Emissions (CH4) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Land-use change — Emissions Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Land-use change — Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.